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Petama Forum October 'Emotional Health' from Hazrat Inayat Khan: 'Healing Papers' |
Purity of body is more desirable than bodily strength. Purity of body consists in three things: pure blood, sound muscles and skin in proper condition. We might ask, ‘How can we be strong without a pure body?’ But I would say: ‘You can be.’ There are many strong and vigorous looking people with something wrong in their flesh, blood or skin. Health, from the Inner point of view, does not necessarily mean a strong body; health means a body sound in all its aspects. The standard of normal health is different for a human being of the Inner Life from what a scientist today thinks it to be. To the scientist the emotional side of a human being is not of interest; if the body is perfect according to his idea, he thinks the person is healthy. But from an Inner point of view, if a human being is strong bodily but his emotional nature is buried beneath, he cannot be healthy; there is something wrong with him. Therefore, a physician will find many not in proper health, but a human being of the Inner Life will find still more not in proper health. The person who is healthy to the physician's point of view is not necessarily healthy before the view of a human being of the Inner Life. The illness that human Life has today is lack of that emotional nature which is productive of sentiment. In the East, though times have changed, still there is a recognition of that healthiness which is recognized by the human beings of the Inner Life. They give these qualities of health beautiful names, such as consideration, thoughtfulness, mildness, gentleness, sympathy, harmonious-ness, selflessness. When these things are lacking in a person, the human being of the Inner Life considers that lack of health. Even an animal can be materially strong. If a human being is simply strong, he is no better than an animal. It is purity which is necessary, in the body first, in the mind afterwards, which produces in a human being a state of health which alone can be called good health. Inner Life is in no way a hindrance to worldly progress. has an even stronger foundation.
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